Senior Team Physiotherapist Adam Brett moving to pastures new

The back room physio staff at Kingsholm play an integral part in rehabbing injured players and for Senior Team Physiotherapist Adam Brett, it's a fond farewell from the club as he moves to pastures new after seven years of service at Kingsholm.

The club website caught up with Adam during his last week at the club's training centre at Hartpury College.

What is your role?
Senior team physiotherapist, day-to-day looking at injuries, and hopefully preventing them and optimising the player's performance and rehabbing the long-term injuries.

How long have you been at Gloucester?
This is my seventh year.

What are you off to do?
I am off to be Head of Physiotherapy at Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club

Will you role differ with the change of sport?
There's going to hopefully be fewer traumatic injuries, rugby is a full contact sport and you get the big, horrible collision based injuries. Football wise, I'll be looking more at the ankles, pelvises, knees and all those sort of things.

Your best moment at Gloucester?
Obviously winning the LV= Cup was a highlight, but probably it's the rapport you get to build with the players with all the boys from different nationalities all across the world.

Probably a little highlight was winning the Fives competition the backroom staff had in Tignes!

And you have also been involved with the England team too?
I have! Seeing Freddie make his England debut in the win over New Zealand was a really proud moment. I won't forget that day for as long as I can remember.

That was a hugely proud moment for me being asked to go along with England on the tour of South Africa, and also stick around for the Autumn Internationals that year and see Fred pop over a few kicks.

Working with him on a daily basis, it's great to see the individuals do well for themselves. You can take great pride in that.

Biggest sicknote?
I couldn't possibly say! There are a few boys that love a bit of regular treatment; I'll leave it at that!

Funniest?
There's a very mixed bag, Jim Hamilton had some decent banter!

Everyone at Gloucester Rugby would like to thank Adam for his hard work over the last 7 years, and wish him all the best at Brighton and Hove Albion!

Fly-half Billy Burns was named Man of the Match after the 35-14 European Rugby Challenge Cup victory over Stade Rochelais on Thursday evening, and was full of praise for all his team mates for the win after a short turnaround.

Gloucester have been in good form in recent weeks, but Backs Coach Tim Taylor knows that the Cherry and Whites will have to be at their best on Thursday evening (kick off 7:45pm) against a Stade Rochelais side flying high this season.

Speaking to GRTV after the bonus point win over Bristol, back row Lewis Ludlow revealed that despite a tricky first half, Gloucester backed their skills to come through, a faith that was evident in a strong second half showing.

Willi Heinz scored Gloucester's second try as the Cherry and Whites overturned a disappointing first 40 minutes and 0-6 half time deficit, to earn a 26-18 Aviva Premiership victory over Bristol Rugby on Saturday.

Gloucester's much changed side had to overcome conceding an early try on Thursday evening, but responded in style to down Stade Rochelais by 35 points to 14 in the European Rugby Challenge Cup and set up a mouthwatering return fixture next weekend.

After taking 11 points from their last three games in the Aviva Premiership, including bonus point wins against Wasps and Bristol, Gloucester will be looking to continue their good form when they welcome La Rochelle to Kingsholm.